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I do not know what he means by what you said - If it were me I would ask him to explain better, I swear I keep my doctors with me until I can fully understand - even if it takes an hour because I do not like wondering about stuff and then trying to "look into" things deeper than they should. But keep pushing for answers and don't stop until you get them! I have had seven UTI's this year 4 within four months and another just a couple weeks ago - I never got these - I finally told the nurse - That's quite a bit and I know my body I know something isn't right - she agreed booked me an appointment (GYN) doc did the exam everything is fine refers me to my Family Doctor I run down the symptoms he orders an Ultra Sound - cannot get a good reading on my left kidney due to gas - also I have residual urine left in bladder - sends me to Urologist who is convinced i have cystitis (Spelling?) orders an abdominal CT Scan with the IV I get the results and I have Medullary Sponge Kidneys and some small renal stones with cyst on Kidney - The Kidneys is what is causing all my UTI's - for this disease from what I have read normally shows symptoms when the person is an adult - (I am 41) it is non-life threating also from what I have read. I will be seeing my Urologist on the 2nd of Nov - He is supposed to do a cystoscopy but I am begining to think I do not need this. Good luck to you and don't stop until you get your answers! :) MM

I do not know what he means by what you said - If it were me I would ask him to explain better, I swear I keep my doctors with me until I can fully understand - even if it takes an hour because I do not like wondering about stuff and then trying to "look into" things deeper than they should. But keep pushing for answers and don't stop until you get them! I have had seven UTI's this year 4 within four months and another just a couple weeks ago - I never got these - I finally told the nurse - That's quite a bit and I know my body I know something isn't right - she agreed booked me an appointment (GYN) doc did the exam everything is fine refers me to my Family Doctor I run down the symptoms he orders an Ultra Sound - cannot get a good reading on my left kidney due to gas - also I have residual urine left in bladder - sends me to Urologist who is convinced i have cystitis (Spelling?) orders an abdominal CT Scan with the IV I get the results and I have Medullary Sponge Kidneys and some small renal stones with cyst on Kidney - The Kidneys is what is causing all my UTI's - for this disease from what I have read normally shows symptoms when the person is an adult - (I am 41) it is non-life threating also from what I have read. I will be seeing my Urologist on the 2nd of Nov - He is supposed to do a cystoscopy but I am begining to think I do not need this. Good luck to you and don't stop until you get your answers! :) MM It is so frustrating, though, this wondering. In this country (I live in UK) you can wait weeks between tests to see the same doctor and discuss the results. I had IVP/IVU almost two weeks ago and will not see the doctor who ordered it until 22nd November. My UTIs are slightly improved this year. I would say I have had about three or four since June (equates to roughly one per month as opposed to two) but I can feel one coming on now, so make that five since June. I had one that lasted three weeks relentlessly once. It is getting in the way of a lot of things. I am wanting to try for my first baby but its just impossible. I do not know how much scarring there was. I do not know what he meant when he said that the bottom of my kidney was fat. I do not know what kind of treatment that he was speaking of when he said we would discuss treatment options after IVU. I just know that these repeated infections are getting beyond a joke and are ruling my life. i suppose I was just looking for some vague information, really, perhaps somebody else who had experienced the same thing. Good luck with everything.